Lukas Hofer (born 30 September 1989) is an Italian biathlete.IBU Profile

Career

Hofer competed for

Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics Italy participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Biathlon ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men ;Women Figure skating Italy has qualif ...

in biathlon. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dorothea Wierer and Dominik Windisch he won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, in

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, Russia. Then four years later at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

in Pyeongchang County, South Korea together with

Lisa Vittozzi Lisa Vittozzi (born 4 February 1995) is an Italian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup, Vittozzi has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti (4 × 6 km relay). At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olymp ...

, Dorothea Wierer and Dominik Windisch, he once again won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay.https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/biathlon/athlete-profile-n3028850-lukas-hofer.htm ;Further notable results: * 2007: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint * 2008: 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2009: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2011: ** 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint ** 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2012: ** 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint ** 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, pursuit

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (2 bronze medals)''

World Championships

''4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

Junior/Youth World Championships

Individual victories

''2 victory (2 Sp)'' :''*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup,

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...

and the Winter Olympic Games.''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofer, Lukas Italian male biathletes Olympic biathletes of Italy Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Germanophone Italian people 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Bruneck Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in biathlon Cross-country skiers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri